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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-28 · 5 entries checked · 7 flagged · 19 issues confirmed · 3 corrected · 16 still open
Neolithic Revolution — The 'DID YOU KNOW' section states the beginning of the agricultural transition has been dated from 10,000 to 8,000 BCE in the Fertile Crescent, but the standard consensus date is approximately 9700 BCE, not 10,000 BCE.
Neolithic Revolution — [contradicted] The beginning of this process in different regions has been dated from 9700 to 8000 BCE in the Fertile Crescent :: The source article says 'from 10,000 to 8,000 BCE in the Fertile Crescent'
Paleo-Indians — The claim that there were likely three waves of ancient settlers from the Bering Sea to the American continent overstates consensus, as the number of migration waves is debated and not a settled fact.
Paleo-Indians — The phrase 'from c. 15,000–13,000 BP' is ambiguous and conflates the timing of initial entry with the later Clovis culture, as the earliest widely accepted dates for human presence in the Americas extend back to at least 15,000 BP and possibly earlier (e.g., 1
Prehistoric Egypt — The entry states the Predynastic period begins c. 6210 BC, but the widely accepted start is around 5000–4000 BC.
Prehistoric Egypt — [contradicted] Predynastic Egypt is traditionally defined as the period from the final part of the Neolithic period beginning c. 5000–4000 BC :: the source says beginning c. 6210 BC
Neolithic — [contradicted] The Neolithic period introduced farming and permanent settlements. :: The source states that farming and settlement appeared over time, and not all elements appeared everywhere in the same order; the earliest farming societies in West Asia did n
Neolithic — [contradicted] The Neolithic lasted in China until circa 2000 BC with the rise of the Erlitou culture. :: The source states it lasted until the rise of the pre-Shang Erlitou culture, not simply "Erlitou culture" (the source specifies "pre-Shang Erlitou culture
Paleolithic — [contradicted] The first evidence of human fishing comes from artifacts at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov in Israel (c. 780,000 years ago). :: The source states: 'The first evidence of human fishing is also noted, from artifacts in places such as Blombos Cave in South A
Paleolithic — [contradicted] The Paleolithic extends to c. 11,700 years ago. :: The source states: 'to the end of the Pleistocene, c. 11,650 cal BP.'
Stone Age — [contradicted] The page title is 'Stone Age' and the tagline says 'The Bronze Age civilizations of Greece around the Aegean Sea.' :: The source article explicitly defines 'Aegean civilization' as the Bronze Age civilizations of Greece around the Aegean Sea, no
Stone Age — [contradicted] The stats include 'Duration: Roughly 3.4 million years' and 'First Period In: Three-age system (Stone, Bronze, Iron)' and 'Subdivisions: Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic' and 'Key Innovation: Stone tools with edge, point, or percussion surface
Proto-Indo-Europeans — [contradicted] By early second millennium BC, descendants had spread across Eurasia :: The source states 'By the early second millennium BC, descendants ... had reached far and wide across Eurasia', but the stats field says they died by that time, which is con
Proto-Indo-Europeans — [contradicted] Mainstream scholars place them in the Pontic–Caspian steppe across Eurasia :: This claim is explicitly stated in the source and thus not contradictory; removing.
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